Handsome Tanielu played DL first at Snow JC from 2014 to 2015.
Posted 38 total tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, a pass deflection, and 3 forced fumbles in 17 contests.
Transferred to Brigham Young for his Junior and Senior seasons.
Finished with 41 total tackles, and one pass deflection.
Undrafted, he caught the eye of the Kansas City Chiefs who had him in for minicamp.
He stayed in playing shape and in 2019 was signed by the Salt Lake City Stallions of the AAF.
Saw action in 3 games for the top ranked defense, posting a pass deflection.
Drafted by the XFL Houston Roughnecks in 2020, but did not make the squad.
NOTES:
Looking back it’s easy to see why Topps chose Handsome, who not only had a marketable name, but that he was also a fireplug- clocking in at 6’0″, 331 lbs.
I had tried BJ a few times already without any luck- even delaying posting his original post for a few months hoping I’d get a success back, but no dice. Every once in a while I pull out my stack of failures that were RTSed by the mailman and go through them. I decided to take a closer look at Daniels’ address. I knew he worked at USF but the address was off by just a bit, so I tweaked it and tried again. A bit over two months later he sent me back the autographs and a really nice note on USF stationary thanking me for being a fan.
This card was a bit of a cop out by Topps. It is almost a complete duplicate of his regular issue base set card, minus a filter or two. Still it was a need for the set as most of the coaches were fetching an insane price in the open market. My friend CFLFaninPhilly came through for me and made me a great deal to help me close out this set. Again, I can not thank him enough.
Celebrating the game, the players, the cards, and the autographs for over 25 years.
